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  • caption: Seattle Design Festival 2019 will bring together artists, designers and nonprofessionals
    Arts & Life

    How design impacts your life: A Seattle festival

    So, you’re rolling your large, plastic compost bin to the curb, and you wonder ‘who decided to make this thing so heavy with such a tippy lid?’” That’s just one example of how designers can effect your daily life. From sidewalk curb cuts to how seats are arranged on buses and light rail trains, designers make decisions that we love, hate or just put up with.

  • caption: Seattle Opera updates the classic "Rigoletto," in a feminist take from director Lindy Hume
    Arts & Life

    Marcie Sillman's weekend culture picks August 9-11

    You say you don’t know anything about opera? Chances are you’ve heard some of the art form’s most famous melodies, from Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” to “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro,” one of the show-stopping arias in the “Barber of Seville.”

  • caption: Patron enjoys some art at the 2018 Seattle Art Fair
    Arts & Life

    Seattle Art Fair is the shiny new kid on the block this weekend

    The Blue Angels roared into Seattle this week, ushering in the 70th annual Seafair weekend. But for the past four years Seafair has shared the civic celebration spotlight with the shiny new kid on the block: the Seattle Art Fair, the brainchild of the late philanthropist, Paul Allen.

  • caption: A no-swimming and no-wading sign at Matthews Beach in north Seattle. High levels of bacteria were detected last week, although it is unclear if this beach's closure was directly linked to the sewage spill in Renton.

    July 31st | How clean are Seattle's beaches?

    Can you trust our lake water? We also talk about hackers with good intent, what it means to age in prison, and why sometimes giving up on a project isn't such a bad thing.

  • caption: Is your information safe from hackers?

    July 30th | What you should know about the Capital One hack

    The Capital One hack affected 106 million people. How worried should you be? Plus: Why Democratic U.S. House representative Kim Schrier now supports an impeachment inquiry. And, how will you survive in the immediate aftermath of the Big One? And filmmaker Lynne Shelton tells us about the inspiration for her new film, "Sword of Trust."
  • caption: "Brings the Medicine Sundial" by Kimberly Corinne Deriana with Salish carvers is installed outside Seattle's King Street Station
    Arts & Life

    Marcie Sillman's weekend culture picks, June 21-23

    We celebrate the solstice this weekend; in the Pacific Northwest that means hours of daylight, outdoor activities and the legendary Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman rounded up a few other suggestions for your summer enjoyment.

  • caption: Raymond Power is now starring in a television pilot about his time living on the streets.
    Arts & Life

    He's turning his past street life into a screenplay

    The first thing you notice about Raymond Power is his smile, wide and welcoming. The second thing you see are the tattoos that wrap around his forearms, creep over the collar of his button-down shirt, and drip out of the corner of an eye down to his cheekbone. “The tattoos are a big barrier,” Power says about his search for employment. “I still get followed in stores to this day.”